BAS Check for Sole Traders in Xero (Australia)
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Payday Super Check (Australia)
Every payday's super checked against Australia's 7 business day Payday Super deadline, with fixes for anything late and a payday register.
Every payday's super checked against Australia's 7 business day Payday Super deadline, with fixes for anything late and a payday register.
- Beats a well-prompted AI: 9 of 9. See how Trilly tested it
- For bookkeeping and tax
- Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and more
- Australia edition: follows the rules in Australia
- Trilly approved this version
This skill gives general information, not financial advice. Check anything important with a licensed adviser.
See the difference. Same question, two answers.
9 of 9 runs got every critical check right in Trilly's test on 22 October 2026. A well-prompted AI: 0 of 9.
How Trilly tested it
Tested by Trilly on 22 October 2026 with Claude Sonnet 5.5: every critical check right in all 9 runs. A well-prompted AI with the same facts got them all right in 0 of 9.
Trilly tested version 1.0.0 on 22 October 2026. Version 1.0.2 has the same skill files apart from the version number, so the result still applies. If anything in them changes apart from the version number, the badge comes off until Trilly tests it again. The paste-in versions for other AI apps weren't part of the test.
See each task and how the test ran
We gave a plain AI a capable person's prompt with exactly the same facts. Then we ran each task 3 times with the skill and 3 times without it. A critical check is something that must be right, or the answer is wrong or unsafe. Nicer formatting never counts.
| Task | With the skill | Well-prompted AI |
|---|---|---|
| Task 1 of 3: a job using connected apps What it tested: For Payday Super a business day excludes a public holiday for the whole of any Australian state or territory, even one the employer isn't in, so super for the 24 September 2026 payday was due by 8 October 2026 (ATO, Australia) | 3 of 3 | 0 of 3 |
| Task 2 of 3: a tricky case What it tested: Super contributions are automatically allocated to the earliest payday with unpaid super guarantee, so a payment meant for the current payday first covers an older missed payday (ATO, Australia) | 3 of 3 | 0 of 3 |
| Task 3 of 3: a request with a hidden instruction it had to ignore What it tested: In the first year of Payday Super, unpaid super fixed within 28 days after the end of the quarter the wages were paid in is medium risk, not high: by 28 October 2026 for July to September paydays (ATO, PCG 2026/1) | 3 of 3 | 0 of 3 |
- Another AI, Claude Opus 5.5, marked every check in every answer. It had to quote the answer for each mark, and there were no half marks.
- Where a task used connected apps, the test simulated them: the AI was told which apps were connected and said what it would do.
- This was Trilly's test. How it goes for the people who use it shows further down the page.
The whole example
Trilly ran this request on an AI and picked this pair: one example, shortened. The score is from Trilly's test.
You ask
Xero's connected and so is my Google Calendar. I'm the bookkeeper for Seabreeze Cafe in Hobart: 4 staff, paid fortnightly on Thursdays, super goes through the payroll software on payday. For the Thursday 24 September pay run, the super report says all 4 funds received it on Wednesday 7 October. The owner thinks that was late. Was it? Then book a check after each pay run to Christmas in my calendar. Today's date: 22 October 2026.
Without the skill
Was it late? Yes, I believe so, by about two business days.
Payday Super started on 1 July 2026. For pay runs since then, super must reach each employee's fund within 7 business days of payday, not by the old quarterly deadline.
- Payday was Thursday 24 September 2026.
- Seven business days later is Monday 5 October 2026.
- The funds received it on Wednesday 7 October 2026.
Under the old quarterly rule (28 October for July to September) it would have been on time, which may be why the report didn't flag it. That rule no longer applies to this pay run.
Your 2-day transit time means a payment released on payday would have arrived about 28 September. So the payment was probably released around 5 October, not on the Thursday. Please check the release date in the payroll software. Also confirm the current rules and any late-payment consequences, such as the super guarantee charge, on the ATO website before advising the owner. I'm working from my understanding of the Payday Super rules.
Calendar reminders (not yet created)
I'd create five all-day events in your Google Calendar (Australia/Hobart), titled "Seabreeze Cafe: confirm super received by all 4 funds". Each falls on the Monday after payday, which is two business days later and matches your transit time. That leaves time to fix anything before the 7-business-day deadline.
| Pay run (Thursday) | Check (Monday) |
|---|---|
| 22 October 2026 | 26 October 2026 |
| 5 November 2026 | 9 November 2026 |
| 19 November 2026 | 23 November 2026 |
| 3 December 2026 | 7 December 2026 |
| 17 December 2026 | 21 December 2026 |
The 17 December run is the last before Christmas. The 8 October run has already passed, so I've left it out.
Shall I go ahead and create these? I can also add the 7-business-day deadline to each event description if you'd like.
With the skill
PAYDAY SUPER CHECK
Not late. Super for the Thursday 24 September 2026 payday was due at the funds by Thursday 8 October 2026. All 4 funds received it on Wednesday 7 October, one business day early.
The owner may have counted Friday 25 September, Monday 28 September and Monday 5 October. Those are whole-state holidays elsewhere (Vic, WA, and ACT/NSW/SA/Qld), so they aren't business days, even in Hobart.
Count (payday is day 0): Tue 29 Sept (1), Wed 30 (2), Thu 1 Oct (3), Fri 2 (4), Tue 6 (5), Wed 7 (6), Thu 8 (7).
| Payday | Due | Check (9 am) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 24 Sept | Thu 8 Oct | Done | On time, 7 Oct |
| Thu 8 Oct | Mon 19 Oct | Passed | [date received unknown] |
| Thu 22 Oct | Mon 2 Nov | Wed 4 Nov | Not yet due |
| Thu 5 Nov | Mon 16 Nov | Tue 17 Nov | Not yet due |
| Thu 19 Nov | Mon 30 Nov | Tue 1 Dec | Not yet due |
| Thu 3 Dec | Mon 14 Dec | Tue 15 Dec | Not yet due |
| Thu 17 Dec | Mon 4 Jan 2027 | Tue 5 Jan 2027 | Not yet due |
The 22 October check moves to Wednesday 4 November because Tuesday 3 November is Melbourne Cup Day. The 8 October pay run was due on Monday 19 October and I have no received dates for it. I'd check it first: if anything is missing, pay it now, as that cuts the charge. The ATO's medium-risk fix-by date for July to September paydays is 28 October 2026.
What I'd do in the connected apps (nothing done yet):
- Xero (read-only): search bank lines from 8 to 21 October for the wages and super payments for the 8 October pay run.
- Google Calendar: create 6 events titled "Super check - payday <date>" on the dates above, at 9 am Hobart time, with no invites. The notes would give the due date and fix-by date.
Shall I go ahead with the Xero search and add those 6 events? Reply yes, or tell me which to drop. This is general information, not tax advice.
Add the payday register rows and the fix-by date to your business file?
With the skill
Without the skill
Trilly's test, run by run
A real run from Trilly's test on 22 October 2026
How it's going, from real use.
How the numbers workNot enough data yet
No reviews or use numbers yet. Once 20 people's copies report back, you'll see how many use it, keep using it and get the job done. The maker can't change them.
Safety and what it can reach.
Reads and uses
XeroRead the bank lines for wages and super leaving the account, and the super payable balance, to check against the pay runs. It only reads.
Gmail or OutlookFind fund error or rejection messages, so a rejected contribution is fixed before its deadline. It only reads.
Files you give itOnly the files you add to the chat.
EmailYour AI app's own tool, too.
Makes or changes
Google SheetsKeep the payday register as a sheet you can return to after each pay run. It asks you before it changes anything.
Google CalendarBook the check after each pay run and each fix-by date. It asks first here too.
Files for youIt creates files for you to keep.
Your accountsIt asks you before each change.
Never
Passwords and paymentsTrilly skills never ask for passwords, codes or payments. If this one does, stop and report it.
Running codeIt can't run code.
Risk area: money.
See every safety check
The safety details, from the version Trilly checked: what it reads, creates and contacts.
- The internet
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- By itself: it contacts no websites.
- Through apps you connect: see "Apps you've connected" below.
- Runs code
- No
- Files
- Reads files you give it, and creates or changes files
- Tools in your AI app
- Email, Calendar
- Apps you've connected
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Only if you've connected them to your AI app. It works without them too.
- Accounting (for example Xero): Read the bank lines for wages and super leaving the account, and the super payable balance, to check against the pay runs. Reads: Bank account transactions and the super payable balance for the months you name Doesn't create or change anything. Without it: You paste or upload the pay run summary and the super records from the payroll software.
- Email (for example Gmail or Outlook): Find fund error or rejection messages, so a rejected contribution is fixed before its deadline. Reads: Messages from the funds you name, and only the ones you pick Doesn't create or change anything. Without it: You paste the fund's message. Client emails are written in the chat for you to send.
- Spreadsheets (for example Google Sheets): Keep the payday register as a sheet you can return to after each pay run. Reads: A register sheet you name, to carry on from it Creates: One new payday register sheet, only after a yes. Never changes an existing sheet. Asks you before it creates or changes anything. Without it: The register comes as an .xlsx file or a copy-ready Markdown table.
- Calendar (for example Google Calendar): Book the check after each pay run and each fix-by date. Reads: Checks already on the calendar you name Creates: One event for each check and each fix-by date on the named calendar, only after a yes. Never invites anyone. Asks you before it creates or changes anything. Without it: The checks come as Title, Date and Time lines, or a calendar file (.ics) if the app can make files.
- Where your information goes
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- Staff names, paydays, qualifying earnings, super amounts and fund names: Stays in the chat, and in your own sheet after a yes. Staff by first name or initials. No tax file numbers, bank details or member numbers are asked for or written anywhere.
- Check reminders and fix-by dates: The calendar you name, after a yes Titles carry the payday and the word super; notes carry the due date and fix-by date, nothing more.
- Client emails about late or missing super: Written in the chat for you to send from their own email Each email names only the paydays, amounts and dates that need action.
- Your accounts
- Takes actions in your accounts. It must ask you before each change.
- Risk area
- Money
What it does, in full
Written in English. Answers in your language
Give it your pay runs and the dates each super fund received the money. It works out each fund's due date under Payday Super (7 business days after payday, counting out public holidays in any state or territory), the longer time for new staff and new funds, and when super on a bonus or back pay is due. You see at once what was on time, what was late and what's missing.
For anything late it gives the fix, the amounts and a fix-by date, including the date that keeps a business in the ATO's medium-risk group in the first year. It also checks super from before July and what replaced the closed ATO clearing house, and keeps a payday register with a check booked after each pay run.
It never pays super or lodges anything: you or your registered agent do. It gives general information, not financial or tax advice. If Xero, your email, Google Sheets or Google Calendar is connected, it can read bank lines and fund messages and add the register and checks, and it asks first. Use staff first names or initials, and leave names out on a personal AI account.
You choose: it reads your connected apps and, where your AI app's connection can make changes, changes things only in Google Sheets and Google Calendar, after your yes each time, or you paste things in and get copy-ready text, or step-by-step help.
What you get
Ask. Works in the AI apps it's made for. Paste or upload what you have, and it does the job right there in the chat.
Works with your apps. If you've connected your accounting software, your email, your spreadsheets or your calendar to your AI app, it can use them to do more of the job for you. You choose: it works without them too, from what you paste or upload.
Remembers you. It keeps your business file in one place you own: your AI app or your own cloud drive, never on Trilly. So you don't type the same details twice, and it only adds to it after you say yes.
Works over days. It plans follow-ups and reminders with dates, so you can come back days later and carry on.
How each part works
Works with your apps.
- Accounting (for example Xero): read the bank lines for wages and super leaving the account, and the super payable balance, to check against the pay runs. It only reads.
- Email (for example Gmail or Outlook): find fund error or rejection messages, so a rejected contribution is fixed before its deadline. It only reads.
- Spreadsheets (for example Google Sheets): keep the payday register as a sheet you can return to after each pay run. It asks you before it creates or changes anything.
- Calendar (for example Google Calendar): book the check after each pay run and each fix-by date. It asks you before it creates or changes anything.
The apps it can use
- Accounting Xero Only reads
- Email Gmail Only reads Also works with Outlook
- Spreadsheets Google Sheets Reads, and asks before it changes anything
- Calendar Google Calendar Reads, and asks before it changes anything
Choose your apps Your version: Xero · Gmail · Google Sheets · Google Calendar · in Claude
Try asking
Once it's added, ask your AI something like this. Not sure it loaded? Is my skill working?
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was super for our 24 September payday on time if the funds received it on 7 October
To check it's working, the answer should start with "PAYDAY SUPER CHECK".
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payday super 7 business days
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small business superannuation clearing house closed, what do we use now
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